Key-ring holder



june, 101, 1924.

i 1,497,346 F. R. PETERSON KEY RING HOLDER Filed Aug. ll. 1923 ja @Y6/? 45 -f invention and in which- Patented .lune i9, i924.l

UN ET ED iii' Jil FREDERICK R. EETERSQN, 0F SEOKANE, W'ASHINGTN.

KEY-RING HOLDER.

Application filed August l1, 1323.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, FREDERICK Ri. PE- TEusoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Key-Ring Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in key ring holder by means of the use of which a key ring may be readily and securely attached to av belt to permit ready access thereto and to render the key ring readily detachable from the belt when desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved holder of this character so constructed that when in position upon a belt, the latter will be threaded through the holder so that the holder may be readily slipped upon the belt to the desired position convenient to the user.

A further object is to provide an improved holder of this character of the pivoted jaw type, the end of one of the jaws being shaped with respect tothe other j aw so that when the holder is engaged over the edge of a pocket or clamped upon a garment, a portion of the pocket or garment will be wedged between the jaws, thereby securely maintaining the holder against slipping or disengagement from the pocket or garment.

A further object is to provide an improved device of this character, Vwhich will be simple, durable, cheap, light and compact in construction and effective and efficient in operation.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear,` the invention consists inthe features of novelty in substantially the construction, combination and arrangement of theV several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing illustrating this Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder of this'character constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention and showing the same applied to a belt.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing the holder secured over the edge of a ocket.-

igu're- 3 is aside elevation of Figure a, showing the holder secured to a garment.

.-;-Fgure 4e is a side elevation of Figure 3.

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the edges thereof will beof a rounding configuration so that the jaws will not injure the garment. rlhe extremities 13 and 14 of the respective aws 10 and 11 are preferably of a rounding configuration and slightly offset as shown in Figure 3 to form projections adapted to be gripped by the fingers to move the jaws about their pivot 12 and which portions 13-14 will prevent the iingers from slipping from the ends of the jaws.

A spring 15 is coiled about the pivot 12 and tends normally to move the jaws 10 and 11 about their pivots so as to separate the extremities 13 and 14 of the jaws and to move the opposite ends of the jaws into co-operative relation.

VThe jaw 10-is provided at its other end withV an eye or loop 16 formed in any suitable manner but preferably by bending the free end of the jaw back' upon itself and into shape to form a loop. The extremity 17 of the jaw 11 is deflected laterally towards the jaw 10 and'is preferably shaped to form teeth 18. The aw 11 is preferably of a length slightly shorter than the jaw 10 so that the teeth 18 on the extremity 17 of the jaw 11 will contact with the jaw 10 at a point spaced from theend of the jaw, preferably so as to engage the side of the loop 16, for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth.

If desired the facejof the loop 16 may be provided with recesses or indentations 19 adapted to receive the teeth 18 of the extremity 17 of the jaw 11. These recesses or indentations 19 maybe formed in any desired or suitable manner and may be of any desired configuration to conform to or receive the teeth 18.

Threaded through the loop or 'eye 17 on the jaw 10 is a key ring 20.

In use the holder may be placed upon a 'belt 21 in such a manner that the jaw 11 may be disposed on eitherside of thebelt 21 as desired. That is to say thejawgll. may f be on the outside or the inside of the belt and when in position the pivot 12 will rest upon the upper edge of the belt so as to suspend the holder and ring. The jaws 10 and 11 are of such a length that the extremity 17 will pass beneath the lower edge of the belt 21 to engage the side of the eye or loop 16 and the spring 15 tends normally to hold the extremity 17 oit the jaw 11 in engagement with a portion of the jaw 10.

` vWith this construction it will be manifestthat the belt 21 will be threaded loosely between the jaws 1() and 11 and by the engagement of the edge of the extremity 17 with a portion of the jaw 10 it will be manifest that the jaws will 'be prevented from clamping the belt. Thiswill enable the user to slip the holder upon the belt to any desired and convenient position. The holder maybe readily detached from the belt by-pressing together the extremities 13 and 14 or the jaws, and the offsetportions 13 and'14 serve as a means for preventing the tingers from slipping from the ends of the jaws, when it is desired to detach the holder from the belt.

When the holder is secured over the edge pocket 22 or a portion or a garment 23, a port-ion of the garment will be wedged between the wall oit the eye or loop 16 and the extremities 17 of the jaw 11, as shown more clearly in Figure 3thereby offsetting a portion or' the garment 23 which' will serve to prevent the clip from vbecoming accidentally disengaged from the garment so that when it is desired to detach ythe holder from the garment it will be necessary to press the opposite edges of the aws together against the stress of the spring 15,.

lllhile the preferred form or the invention has been herein shown and described, it is to be understood that Various changes may bemade in the details ot construction and inthe combination and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of the claims. without departing from the spirit of this in- Vention.` i

' What is claimed as new is 1. A holder for key rings and the like embodying jaw like members piyotally conneeted adjacent but spaced from one end, an eyeidisposed at the other end of one or the jaws, the adjacent end or the other jaw being laterally deflected towards said eye and4 adapted to engage the wall of the eye, and a spring tendingnormally to cause the said vdeflected end; ofthe jaw to engage the wall of the ysaid eye.

2. A holder for key rings and the like embodyingV jaw like members pivotally connected adjacent but spaced from one end, an eye disposedf'at` they other end or one or the jawathefadjacent end of the other jaw being laterally deflected towardssaid eye'and adaptdtolengag'e the wall ofthe` eye, a

spring tending normally to cause the said deflected end of the to engage the wall or the said eye, and a key ring freely suspended by said eye.

3. A holder i-or key rings and the like embodying jaw like members piyotally connected adjacent but spaced from one end, an eye disposed at the other end of one of the jaws, the adjacent end or the other jaw being laterally deflected towards said eye and adapted to engage the wall of the eye, a spring tending normally to cause the said deflected end or the jaw to engage the wall of the said eye, and teeth on the extremity or the said deflectedl portion, there being recesses in the wall or the eye to receive said teeth.

t, A holder for key rings and the like embodying jaw like members" pivotally connected adjacent but spaced from one end, an eye disposed at the other. end of' one of the jaws, the adjacent end of the other jaw being laterally deflected towards said eye and adapted to engage the wall of the eye, and

a spring tending normally to cause the said deflected end or the jaw to engage the wall or the said eye, the end or the said deilected portion and the adjacent portion ofthe wa'll or the said eye being undulated.

5. A holder for key rings and the like embodying two members pivotally connected adjacent but spaced from one end of the members, a spring tending normally to move the other ends of the members towards each other, the last recited end of one of the members being bent upon itself` to form anr` eye the axis of' which is substantially parallel with the pivot of the members, the end: of

the other member adjacent said eye being 'f deflected laterally to engage the wall or the eye, and a key ring threaded through the eye.

G. A holder for key rings and" thev like embodying two members piyotally connected adjacent but spaced from one end or the members, a spring tending normally to'move the other ends of the members towards each other, the last recited end or one of the members being bent upon itself to form an' eye the axis of which is substantially parallel with 'the pivot or the members, the endof the other member adjacent saideye being deflected laterally to engage the wall of'ithe eye on one side of thedi'ametric center of the eye, and a key ring threaded through the eye.

'Z'. A holder for key rings and the like embodying two members pivotally connected adjacent' but' spaced from one' endi of; the

members, a spring tending normally to more the other ends ofthe members'towards each other, the last'recited end of one'offtfhe members being bentuponI itself to form an eye the axis otfwhi'ch is substantially' pareil'- lel with the pivot of themembersgf-theend cent portion of the wall of the eye to re-k ceive said teeth, and a key ring threaded through the eye.

8. A holder for key rings and the like embodying two members pivotally connected adjacent but spaced from one end, means tending normally to move the other ends of the members towards each other, an eye formed on the last recited end of one'of the members, the adjacent end of the other member being deflected towards the eye to engage 15 the wall of the latter at a point to one side of the center of the eye to dellect over the eye the fabric clamped by the holder, and a key ring loosely suspended by the eye.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication, on this 2nd day of August A. D. 1923.

FREDERICK R. PETERSON. 

